OctConf 2017

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OctConf 2017 will take place at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland for three days from March 20 through March 22. To register officially, please use the CERN conference manager Indico. In addition, *please* add your name to the Participants section of this page so we can plan appropriately.

Location

Geneva, Switzerland

Venue

The upcoming Octconf 2017 will take place at CERN (European Center for Nuclear Research)

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They use the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter – the fundamental particles. The particles are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives the physicists clues about how the particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. The instruments used at CERN are purpose-built particle accelerators and detectors. Accelerators boost beams of particles to high energies before the beams are made to collide with each other or with stationary targets. Detectors observe and record the results of these collisions.

Founded in 1954, the CERN laboratory sits astride the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva. It was one of Europe's first joint ventures and now has 22 member states.

Travelling

Dates

The conference will run for three days from Monday, March 20th through Wednesday, March 22nd.

Suggestions for Sessions

Approximately half of each day will be devoted to presentations. The remainder will be used for informal discussions, code sprints, etc.

Please propose session topics in the schedule below. The actual time slot you pick is not important--we can re-arrange the schedule later--but we need to know what topics are of interest.

In addition, if you have a poster, rather than a full presentation, there is a separate sign-up sheet below.

Schedule

During the daytime: CERN offers many areas where people can socialize and/or discuss, informally. For instance, the CERN main restaurant is open until 23:00 (11:00 PM).

Time Monday
(General GNU Octave day)
Tuesday
(GNU Octave Packages day)
Wednesday
(Libre and Open Source Software day)
9:00-9:30 Open Slot Open Slot Open Slot
9:30-10:00 Open Slot Open Slot Open Slot
10:00-10:15 Coffee Coffee Coffee
10:15-10:50 Open Slot Open Slot Unconference
10:50-11:25 Open Slot Open Slot
11:25-12:00 Open Slot Open Slot
12:00-12:30 Discussion Discussion

12:30-14:00

Lunch Lunch Lunch
14:00-14:35 Open Slot (Pleanry session: CERN main auditorium) Open Slot (Pleanry session: CERN main auditorium) Visit to CERN sites
14:35-15:10
15:10-15:45
15:45-16:00 Coffee Coffee Coffee


16:00-18:00


Code Sprint Code Sprint Organization of OctConf2018
18:00-19:00
Fondue night (alternative 1)

Fondue night (alternative 2)

Closing and Farewell
19:00-20:00

Poster Session

If you have a poster demonstrating how you use Octave to address an application in your field please add your name and poster topic to the list below. We will schedule an appropriately sized space based on the number of posters.

Confirmed Posters:

Title Author
Fast approximation of complicated simulators JuanPi Carbajal

Participants

Funding

Previous OctConf

OctConf 2015

Next OctConf

OctConf 2018